Intel® Architecture Leads the Microarchitecture Innovation Field

Always Doing More with Less

Advancements in microarchitecture facilitate the creation of smaller, higher-performing devices. They’re also the driving force behind Intel’s business model and success. Through a commitment to smart design and intelligent process technology, Intel continues to lead the industry toward ever-smaller transistors, resulting in more energy-efficient, higher-performing processor cores.

What is Microarchitecture?

Microarchitecture is a blueprint of chip elements. This blueprint, when combined with advanced nanotechnology, enables computing devices to be more capable and energy efficient. Intel’s microarchitecture team continues to make giant leaps in innovation and has recently introduced the world’s first 3D transistors manufactured at 22nm.

Discover the Latest

Discover the benefits of the new Intel® microarchitecture, formerly known as Haswell, supporting faster and smaller platforms, better HD graphics, more security, faster response, and better mobility with automatic wireless connections. Learn about the latest Intel microarchitecture >

Intel® Atom™ Processor Microarchitecture

Continued innovations in microarchitecture have powered the Intel® Atom™ processor, the smallest and most versatile processor in the Intel family. The Intel Atom processor enables a broad range of companion devices, including netbooks, tablets, handhelds, smartphones, Smart TVs, Intelligent Systems, and consumer electronics, providing smaller devices with unparalleled audio and video performance.

Intel® Many Integrated Core Architecture

Intel® Many Integrated Core Architecture (Intel® MIC Architecture) is the latest advance in supercomputing speed, performance, and compatibility, offering up to a teraflop of peak floating-point performance on a single chip. Intel MIC Architecture employs a high degree of parallel processing and targets the high performance computing (HPC) market, which relies on parallel processing to create climate simulations, financial models, genetic analysis, and medical images, among other things.